Holder for ironing-board covers.



L. E. LANGE.

HOLDER FOR IRONING BOARD COVERS.

APPLICATION FILED nue.5.191s.

Patented 10%...4, 1917.

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application filed. august 5, 1916. Serial No. 1.133%.

To all whom it com-em:

Be it lmown tat ll, LomslE. Larson, a citizen of the United States,residing at Forty Fort, in the county of Luzerne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Holder for Ironing-Board(Jovers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a holder for application to ironingboards to retain the covers thereon, and the invention has for itsobject the provision of a quickly and easily detachable holder adaptedto retain covers on ironin boards, and to thus obviate the necessity otacking or stitching the covers in place.

The resent invention accomplishes the above 0 ject by the provision of apair of rods joined at their opposite ends by a pair of springs, therods and springs fitting in a marginal groove in the ironing board outof the way, and from contact with surrounding objects. The edge of theironing board is notched to permit the grasping-of the holder, andcovers of mucus thicknesses ma be clamped by the holder.

he invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with thefurther understanding that while the drawing shows a practical form ofthe invention, the latter is not confined to strict conformity with theshowing of the drawing, but may be changed and modified, so long as suchchanges and modifications come within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ironing board havingthe holder of this invention applied thereto, the dotted lines showingthe holder partly released from the cover and ironing board.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View, through the board on the line 22of Fig. 1, showing the holder in place and a clamping cover over theironing board.

Fig. 3 is a cross section, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary perspective view of the wide end of the ironlngboard, showing the attachment applied thereto, and showing the marginalnotch to permit grasp- 1|. g of the holder.

ig. 5 is a similar view of the narrow end of the ironing board with theholder applied thereto, and showing the hinged connection between theholder and the ironin board.

Referring to the drawing, an ironing board of any which may be mountedon a suitable stand 11, as shown. The ironing board is provided with acover 12, of any suitable material, and of any desired thickness ornumber of layers. The ironing board 10 is provided with a marginalgroove 13 extending entirely thereabout.

A pair of rods 14: are fitted against the opposite lateral edges of theironing board 10, conform to the longitudinal curvature of the saidedges, and extend substantially throughout the entire length of theironing board. These rods 14 fit into the marginal groove 13 and crimpthe depending edge of the cover 12 into the groove to draw the covertaut over the upper side of the ironing board, and clamp the cover insuch position.

Springs 15 and 16 connect the opposite ends of the rods l i together toform therewitha substantially rectangular frame for yieldlngly holdingthe rods and the springs against the edge of the cover and in the groove13. A staple 17, or the like, is secured, preferably, about the spring15 and into the adjacent end of the ironing board 10 to hingedly connectthe clamping frame to the end of the ironing board.

A. notch 18 is formed in the opposite edge of the ironing board 10. Thespring 16 bridges the notch 18, as shown in Figs. 2 and l, and the notchreceives the fingers for grasplng the spring 16 when it is desired torelease the clamping frame from the ironing board.

The clamping frame of this invention is 10 designates approved type,

permanently attached to the ironing board and cannot be lost therefrom.The frame may be expanded out of the groove 13., and may then be swungeither upwardly as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, or downwardly fromthe ironing board 10 to permit the removal and replacement of the cover12. The springs 15 and 16 at the opposite ends of the ironing boardadmit of the application of the holder to ironing boards of differentsizes, and which vary in width from end to end.

It is, of course, understood that the holder of this invention may beapplied to ironing boards which are of various other configuralltl tionsthan that shown in the accompanying drawing, the springs 16 beingflexible and conforming to different shaped ends of the ironing boards.

What is claimed is The combmation wlth an ironing board having acontinuous marginal groove throughout the side and end edges, and alsoprovided with a notch in one end intersecting the groove, and a coverfitted over the board and hangin over the grooved marginal edge thereoof a removable holder comprising a pair of rigid rods shapedcorrespondingly to the contour of the side edges of the board andextended a major portion of their length to lie in the grooves therein,coiled retractile springs connected to the ends of said rods and engagedin the grooves in the end edges of the board, one of said springsbridging the' notch to permit free gripping of a portion thereof withoutthe roove, and means connecting the other sprlng to the board, for theswinging of the holder as a unit to clamping and unclamping positions,the holder being adapted to expand over and contract the cover into themarginal roove to hold it taut over the upper side oi the board when theholder is in clamping position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS EMIL LANGE.

Witnesses:

JAMES F. CONWAY, CHARLES A. THACKRAY.

